BBC News says the first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening.
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Euronews says France’s highest court has heard an appeal by the city of Grenoble over a nationwide swimming pool ban on the “burkini” swimsuit.
TRT World says former US president Donald Trump has decried the congressional probe into the riot by his supporters last year at the US Capitol as a “mockery of justice.”
Daily Express says THE BBC left Foreign Secretary Liz Truss dumbstruck this morning after making “extraordinary” comments comparing UK Brexit relations with the EU to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Independent says the foreign secretary has insisted the government’s policy to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda is “completely moral” after the Church of England’s senior bishops condemned the plan.
The Guardian says The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on Monday scrutinized the conspiracy theories that led a group of Donald Trump’s supporters to attack the US Capitol and produced damning testimony for the former US president.
The Guardian says Liz Truss says Rwanda flights policy is ‘completely moral’ amid backlash and criticism from royals and Church officials.
BBC News says three more people due to be on the first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda are planning legal challenges before take-off later on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020.
Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN’S separatists have vowed to execute two captured British fighters facing the death sentence in Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The Metro says Sir Keir Starmer is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over potential breaches of rules on earnings and gifts.
The Independent says the select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 will reconvene today for another hearing.
The Independent says the Government’s immigration policy of sending some asylum seekers to Rwanda is set to face two challenges in the courts on Monday.
The Metro says A Government minister has insisted that a first deportation flight taking refugees to Rwanda will go ahead next week, despite last-ditch attempts to stop it.
The Sun says PRINCE Charles and Boris Johnson are likely to meet in Rwanda after the migrants row.
Daily Mirror says A divisive Home Office flight to Rwanda tomorrow now faces taking barely 10 asylum seekers – if it takes off at all, it is understood.
BBC News says The Court of Appeal is set to decide later whether to allow the first Home Office flight to depart to Rwanda with asylum seekers.
Aljazeera says A bipartisan group of United States senators, including enough Republicans to overcome the chamber’s “filibuster” rule, has announced an agreement on a framework for potential gun safety legislation.
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The Daily Express THE UNITED KINGDOM and other NATO members have been urged to act to prevent a “rogue” Vladimir Putin from escalating the Ukraine conflict beyond borders, sparking World War 3.
The Sun says ILLEGAL migrants due to be flown to Rwanda could be released on tags if activists win a High Court bid today.
The Independent says Former president Donald Trump lashed out after the House January 6 select committee’s first prime-time hearing wrapped up.
The Independent says care workers are calling in sick because they cannot afford fuel to drive their cars to look after people in their homes, a union leader has said.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak has been accused of wasting £11bn of taxpayers’ money by paying too much in interest servicing the government’s debt.
The Guardian says the House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 assault on the US Capitol in 2021 said Donald Trump was at the center of a sprawling conspiracy to overturn the results of election.